No Lye: The African American Woman’s Guide To Natural Hair Care by Tulani Kinard
If you are trying to decide what natural style to wear? Should you loc? How much maintenance natural haircare will be, or just plain confused about natural haircare, this is the book to have. Tulani’s African-American Womens Guide To Natural Hair Care is a wonderful tool.
NO LYE! is probably my favorite book on the topic of natural haircare for Black women. Although I’ve owned it for several years, I still find myself pulling it off the bookshelf when I’m contemplating a new style.
Tulani takes a decidedly “Afrocentric” approach to hair styling so you won’t find any braid styles that “mimic” European hair (for example, there are no weaves or individual braids w/ human hair ends left free flowing).
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Nappy Hair 101 by Ayana Hardin
As a strong advocate of African-American women wearing their hair in its natural state I loved this book. It is an easy to read book. Meaning that one could breeze through the 41 pages of actual text quite easily and quickly. Nappy Hair 101 is not a book for those looking for lots of jargon, how to directions and formulas or vivid color pictures on the stylings of natural hair.What Nappy Hair 101 is in the beginning is the author’s personal journey to napturalism. Her journey is very enlightening and a must read for those who are afraid to take the plunge forward to a better being of self. Following are Questions and Answers for those pondering the idea of going natural from a relaxed, or as the author put it, chemi-kills state of mind and being.
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Don’t Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me: Over 4,000 Products Reviewed, Plus the Latest Hair-Care Information by Paula Begoun
Are $20 shampoos and conditioners worth it? Can good hair-care products be found at the drugstore, or are the expensive salon products really superior? In this comprehensive guide to all things hair care, consumer advocate Paula Begoun answers those questions and more in her reviews of more than 130 drugstore, salon, and department store hair product lines, from Aveda to Matrix and Pantene to Zirh.
Thousands of products are described and evaluated according to their performance, reliability, price, and claims. Begoun compares good and bad ingredients, dispels hair-care industry myths, evaluates what helps and what hurts hair, and explains how to tell the difference between reality and hype with respect to a product’s performance. Hair sprays, shampoos, conditioners, gels, mousses, pomades, silicone serums, and other items are covered. Her “Best Products” lists make it easy to find items worth trying in any category. The consumer bible of hair-care products, Don’t Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me shows how to find the best products available at the most economical prices. Ultimately, Begoun shows consumers how to have beautiful tresses without spending a fortune.